"if you're looking for a place to bring your children today, this is not it. Darwin wright park is underwater. I'll tell you what city officials are doing to keep people safe." NEWS 4'S MANDY GAITHER SURROUNDED BY FLOOD WATERS. SHE'LL EXPLAIN HOW SHE GOT HERSELF INTO THAT. AND CHIEF METEOROLOGIST JOHN CESSARICH... WILL TELL US HOW ALL OF THAT WATER ENDED UP IN THE PARK. BUT FIRST BREAKING NEWS OUT OF GREENVILLE COUNTY. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ANNOUNCED AN HOUR AGO THEY'VE ARRESTED TWO PEOPLE ... IN A CASE OF HOMICIDE FROM BACK IN JANUARY. 18 YEAR OLD MARQUIS SYSHAWN BLASSINGAME AND 17 YEAR OLD MICHAEL MCLEAN LEE FACE MULTIPLE CHARGES. WHICH INCLUDE MURDER, CONSPIRACY AND ARMED ROBBERY. THEY'RE BOTH IN JAIL ... HELD WITHOUT BOND. THE TWO ARE ACCUSED OF KILLING DARIUS LEE WILLIAMS BACK ON JANUARY 8TH. WERE TOLD WILLIAMS WAS SHOT SEVERAL TIMES AT A HOME ON SPRINGBROOK DRIVE. THIS CASE WAS THE FIRST HOMICIDE OF THE YEAR FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY. NOW TO CHIEF METEOROLGIST JOHN CESSARICH .... AND A QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE ON YOUR MIND. JOHN, MORE POP UP STORMS... MORE FLOODING... WHEN WILL WE DRY OUT? DARWIN WRIGHT PARK IN ANDERSON IS NOW UNDER LAKE HARTWELL... THE WATER HAS FLOODED OUT THE BEACH AND PLAYGROUND AREA THERE. NEWS 4'S MANDY GAITHER IS LIVE AND LOCAL IN OUR ANDERSON NEWSROOM... MANDY...HOW LONG WILL IT BE CLOSED? WELL, THAT'S ALL UP TO MOTHER NATURE. CITY OFFICIALS HAVE NO TIMETABLE...RIGHT NOW SAYING THIS PARK IS CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. SURROUNDED BY WATER... WHAT USED TO BE A PLAYGROUND AND AREA TO BE FOUND. [A13]DARWIN WRIGHT PARK FLOODING-BUR TAG THE CITY WILL ACTUALLY LOSE SOME MONEY IN THIS... PEOPLE PAY TO RESERVE THE PARK FOR FAMILY REUNIONS AND COMPANY FUNCTIONS... UNTIL THE WATER GOES DOWN...THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN CANCELED. MANDY GAITHER WYFF NEWS 4 LIVE IN ANDERSON. TWO SEWER LINES DAMAGED DURING THE RECENT FLOODING IN THE GOLDEN STRIP AREA ... HAVE BEEN FIXED. THERE WAS A SEWAGE OVERFLOW IN THE HOLLAND ROAD AREA... IN SIMPSONVILLE. OFFICIALS SAY THEY FOUND THE BROKEN LINE YESTERDAY. WE'RE TOLD 540 THOUSAND GALLONS SPILLED OUT INTO NEARBY CREEKS -- INCLUDING GILDER CREEK. CREWS WORKED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT TO REPAIR IT. A SPILL NEAR MUIRWOOD DRIVE IN MAULDIN IS ALSO REPAIRED TODAY. THE SPILL FROM THIS SEWER LINE ENDED UP IN LAUREL CREEK AND TRIBUTARIES FOR REEDY RIVER. OFFICIALS ARE STILL TRYING TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH SEWAGE LEAKED FROM THIS LINE. THE MOTHER AND WIFE ACCUSED OF KILLING HER CHILDREN AND TRYING TO KILL HER HUSBAND IS BACK IN THE PICKENS COUNTY JAIL. ANNA BROWN SIMPSON... WAS IN THE TEMPORARY CUSTODY OF THE GREENVILLE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER. THIS HAPPENED BACK ON JUNE 6TH. WE'RE TOLD THE REASON WAS BECAUSE GREENVILLE COUNTY COULD BETTER TREAT HER INJURIES FROM A CAR WRECK ON MAY 14TH... NEAR HER DACAUSVILLE HOME. THAT'S WHEN INVESTIGATORS SAY SHE SHOT AND KILLED HER CHILDREN AND SHOT HER HUSBAND... BUT HE SURVIVED. SHE FACES TWO MURDER CHARGES... NO WORD YET.... ON A DATE FOR HER NEXT COURT DATE. NOW TO ANOTHER COMMUNITY WITH A DIFFERENT PROBLEM. GREENVILLE COUNTY DEPUTIES KNOW DIXIE CIRCLE.... ALL TOO WELL. AND TONIGHT ... AN UPSTATE ORGANIZATION IS ON A MISSION TO CHANGE THINGS. HERE IS NEWS 4'S NIGEL ROBERTSON. THIS IS DIXIE CIRCLE.... IN GREENVILLE COUNTY. BEYOND DIFFERENCES.... HAS CHOSEN A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES IN GREENVILLE COUNTY THAT THEY PLAN TO FOCUS ON... OVER TIME. [A21]AVLLE WILKE COERCION INVESTIGATION-VO ASHEVILLE CITY LEADERS ARE SHARING THE RESULTS OF AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGATIONS OF A POLICE COVER-UP INVOLVING THE CHIEF. TODAY - THE CITY COUNCIL SPOKE ABOUT THE SITUATION - PUBLICLY - FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT ALL STEMS FROM ALLEGATIONS MADE BY A LIEUTENANT - WHO CLAIMS POLICE CHIEF WILLIAM ANDERSON AND A CAPTAIN TRIED TO GET HIM TO GIVE FALSE AND MISLEADING FACTS ABOUT AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING THE CHIEF'S SON. THE CITY MANAGER SAYS - AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION PROVED THAT THE ALLEGATIONS WERE NOT TRUE. MAYOR TERRY BELLAMY - SAYS SHE HOPES THE FINDS PROVE TO THE PEOPLE OF ASHEVILLE THAT THEY HAVE A POLICE DEPARTMENT THEY CAN TRUST. 52:16 "today I believe we stand here with all the information that we could ever muster to be able to make the decision that we made today that we support our city manager. We support chief of police and we support our police department." WE ASKED THE POLICE CHIEF FOR AN INTERVIEW TODAY - BUT HE DECLINED. AFTER 11 DAYS STRAIGHT OF HEAVY RAIN RAIN--OUR GROUND IS SOAKED AND IT WON'T TAKE MUCH FOR FLOODING TO BEGIN TONIGHT. I'M WATCHING RIVER LEVELS FROM THE GROUND AND FROM SKY FOUR--COMING UP I WILL HAVE THE LOOK AT THE

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